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White sponge nevus caused by a missense mutation in the keratin 4 gene Volume 22, numéro 4, July-August 2012

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Department of Dermatology, Gunma School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan, Laboratory of Genetic Skin Diseases, Niigata, Japan

ejd.2012.1765 Auteur(s) : Akira Shimizu1 ashimizu@med.gunma-u.ac.jp, Yoko Yokoyama1, Yutaka Shimomura2, Osamu Ishikawa1 1 Department of Dermatology, Gunma School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan 2 Laboratory of Genetic Skin Diseases, Niigata, Japan White sponge nevus (WSN; OMIM 193900) is a rare, autosomal dominant disorder characterized by leukokeratosis of the oral mucosa. It was first described by Hyde in 1909 [1], and the term “white sponge nevus” was coined [...]